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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trillion \Tril"lion\, noun [F. trillion, formed from the pref. tri- in imitation of million a million. Cf. {Billion}.] According to the French notation, which is used upon the Continent generally and in the United States, the number expressed by a unit with twelve ciphers annexed; a million millions; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the third power, or the number represented by a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed. See the Note under {Numeration}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trillion
adjective
1: one quintillion in Great Britain [syn: {a trillion}]
2: one million million in the United States [syn: {a trillion}]
noun
1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros; "in England they call a quintillion a trillion" [syn: {one million million million}]
2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros; "in England they call a trillion a billion" [syn: {one million million}, {1000000000000}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
trillion In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed. In the USA and Canada, 10^12. [Elsewhere?] (1996-10-03)
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